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Sergei Zholtok, a centre who finished the 2003-2004 NHL season with the Nashville Predators, died Wednesday in Latvia. He was 31.
A third-round pick of the Boston Bruins in 1992, Zholtok played 588 NHL games for six teams, scoring 111 goals and 258 points.
Zholtok was playing for Riga in Latvia this year and collapsed in the team's dressing room before a game in Belarus. Zholtok was forced to the sidelines a couple of times last year with mysterious health ailments that included dizziness and fatigue. RDS is reporting that he suffered from cardiac arrhythmia.
Zholtok had his greatest success with the Minnesota Wild, scoring a career-high 42 points in 2002-2003, then following up with 13 points in 18 playoff games as the Wild made an improbable run to the Western Conference Finals..
He also played for Ottawa, Montreal and Edmonton in the NHL.

What?! I saw this guy play this year! What a terrible shame. I guess it was a heart condition? Whatever it was, it's so sad to hear about it.

Oh and with all due respect to the dead - I don't want to make political stew out of this - but maybe just maybe some players will reconsider their priorities...if hockey is their life, what's life without it?

the guy was only 31. I cannot believe it. They said he was suffering from problems last year. Its a real shame they didnt discover his problem before.

Boy, that's a tough one. That would be hard to deal with if you knew him well.

I wonder if his family will get all the insurance dollars they would have if he were playing in the NHL?

Not to sound cruel, but I think his family is set for the next 20 years or so considering he's made millions throughout his career.